Physics concepts resources

Students predict and investigate the way in which a concave and a convex lens distort the image of a pencil.

Task: Select which picture correctly shows an ice cube in a glass of water and select correct explanation. Assessment focus: density of ice.

Students identify where heat is lost from a house, explain ways to reduce heat loss and suggest ways to reduce heat loss.

Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.

Task: Answer questions about what happens to the light form a torch. Assessment focus: light.

Task: Match definitions to terms about light rays. Assessment focus: scientific vocabulary.

Task: Answer questions about the surface of water in a water cooler on a moving train. Assessment focus: forces.

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students answer four questions on echoes and sound insulation.

Task: Select the correct reason why a bird on a power line does not get electrocuted and select pictures of danger of electrocution, justifying choice. Assessment focus: understanding of the route taken by electricity/electrocution.

Task: Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table.

From a collection of familiar objects, students identify all those that can be a source of light. They then explain the term 'source of light'.

Task: Answer two questions about light shades. Assessment focus: reflection.

Task: Identify colours and surfaces that keep things cool. Assessment focus: heat absorption.

Students use circuit diagrams to answer three questions about switches and which lamps will light up.

Students answer short questions to demonstrate their understanding that candles need oxygen to burn.

Students answer questions about the size of a balloon as the air temperature changes. The resource assesses students' understanding of the effect of temperature on gases.

Task: Complete a graph from data in a table, and answer two questions. Assessment focus: speed and stopping.

Task: Answer questions about relationships between mass and stretch. Assessment focus: identifying patterns in data.

Choose which toy vehicle will roll further, and explain why. The two vehicles are set up under different conditions (ramps at different slopes, rolling onto different surfaces at the bottom). Assessment focus: science explanations using ideas about forces and energy.

Task: Answer two questions. Assessment focus: insulation.

Students are required to show their understanding of circuits by drawing wires to link a battery to bulbs so that the bulbs will light up.

Students use a circuit diagram to answer questions about how removing bulbs affects the other bulbs in the circuit. Assessment focus: Electrical circuits

Task: calculate answer to questions about speed, distance, and time. Assessment focus: using a formula.

Task: Match terms with definition. Assessment focus: science vocabulary.